Taylor Auerbach is suing his former employer Seven over comments the network allegedly made about him last year amid a defamation claim in which the former producer gave explosive evidence about how Spotlight secured an interview with Bruce Lehrmann.
The federal court has not yet released documents in the case, but sources have told Guardian Australia the fresh legal action, filed on Friday, emanates from Seven’s public statements about its former employee in response to claims in his evidence in the Lehrmann case.